System and method for automatically creating a photo calendar
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorsEran Cohen, Alexander M. Kenis, Moshe Bercovich
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Abstract
System and method are disclosed for creating a photo calendar. A computer storage medium stores images taken in a time period spanning a plurality of capture months. A computer processor automatically divides the images into groups based the capture months, distributes the images in one of the capture month to one or more calendar months according to an adjacency distribution function, and creates a design of a photo calendar comprising a plurality of calendar months and images distributed in the calendar months.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for creating a photo calendar, comprising:
- storing images in a computer storage, wherein the images are taken in a time period spanning a plurality of capture months;
- automatically dividing the images, by a computer processor, into groups based the capture months;
- automatically distributing the images in one of the capture month to one or more calendar months according to an adjacency distribution function, wherein the adjacency distribution function depends on a difference between the capture months and calendar months, wherein the adjacency distribution function decreases as a function of t, wherein t is the difference between the capture time of an image and the calendar month that the image is distributed to;
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- automatically creating, by the computer processor, a design of a photo calendar comprising a plurality of calendar months and images distributed in the calendar months.
A computer system for creating a photo calendar, comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store images taken in a time period spanning a plurality of capture months;
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- a processor configured to automatically divide the images into groups based the capture months, distribute the images in one of the capture month to one or more calendar months according to an adjacency distribution function, and create a design of a photo calendar comprising a plurality of calendar months and images distributed in the calendar months, wherein the adjacency distribution function depends on a difference between the capture months and calendar months, wherein the adjacency distribution function decreases as a function of t, wherein t is the difference between the capture time of an image and the calendar month that the image is distributed to.
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